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December 2013 Moms
SUBWAY
So I'm definitely a subway regular and I've been craving a sandwich like crazy. HOWEVER my dad is a food science guy and refuses to let me eat lunch meats, it's not recommended because of listeria and blah blah blah.... My next Dr apt isn't until June 25 so I was wondering if anyone's Dr gave them the okay? Or the no go.... I figure in moderation it wouldn't be too bad... But let me know!
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Re: SUBWAY
"Your truth is different from my truth, and we're both right."
TTC since March 2013. BFP 4/13/13, blighted ovum discovered 6/6/13, m/c 6/8/13.
BFP 11/10/13, EDD 7/25/13 - stick little owlet!
"Your truth is different from my truth, and we're both right."
TTC since March 2013. BFP 4/13/13, blighted ovum discovered 6/6/13, m/c 6/8/13.
BFP 11/10/13, EDD 7/25/13 - stick little owlet!
It's okay. Most things in moderation are okay. Eat a sandwich. Listeria can be found in many foods- fruits/veggies, salads, soft cheeses, some seafood, unpasteurized products, etc. You will drive yourself crazy. Just eat it in moderation. If you are really worried heat it up for a few seconds. Unless you are getting it toasted, don't ask the nice people at Subway to heat your meat.
The nurse at my office said that the listeria problem happens when lunch meat sits around for too long, and if it's fresh it is OK. Some people have recommended toasting it to wipe out any possible listeria threat. My personal philosophy is most things are OK in moderation.
Let me see if I can recap all the popular answers:
1) The deli meat ban is ridic! Eat all the cold cuts you like. In fact, sew yourself a cold cut gown ala Lady Gaga and rock out to Bad Romance while you shovel truck loads cold cuts into your mouth.
2) Listeriaaaa Hysteria! No cold cuts ever! Under no circumstances should you ever touch a cold cut. Doing so will transform your baby into a fire-breathing half reptile/centaur with a detachable tail.
3) Only if you microwave them into oblivion. Fry up your canteloupe too.
4) It's only ever safe to eat cold cuts while pregnant if you're simultaneously tossing shredded lettuce around the room confetti style.
5) Eat as much deli meat as you like - but only after you've written a letter of complaint, ripped the head off your local sandwich worker, and phoned the President.
...That pretty much covers it.
So today my daughter has a picnic at school for her last day, and she requested Subway to be brought to her. I called my Mom to see if she'd pick it up so I can streach my lunch out longer and my Mom is like, "She likes just tuna w/extra tomato right? And with lettuce or without?"
And I just was like, 'snort giggle lettuce lololo'
"Your truth is different from my truth, and we're both right."
TTC since March 2013. BFP 4/13/13, blighted ovum discovered 6/6/13, m/c 6/8/13.
BFP 11/10/13, EDD 7/25/13 - stick little owlet!
This. Most things in moderation. I personally am not a fan of Subway, but I've eaten two turkey sandwiches this week from the cafeteria next door. I ask them to heat up the meat and all is fine. My doctor told me not to eat cold deli meats, but if I heated them up to steaming, that was fine.
BFP#3: 2/9/13 EDD 10/18/17. Team Green for Round 2!
I eat subway everyday for lunch. My sandwich is toasted. If your meat/produce products are properly cooled at a reputable place like Subway likely is, the listeria chances are low. They are even lower if you heat up your stuff.
If you went to a picnic where meat/produce had been sitting out for who knows long, I'd steer clear of that.
A Boy's Room
Me & H: 28 TTC #1 since 7/12...come on baby!
Heat the meat.
It is probably fine anyways, but that should calm your dad down. Unless it's a nitrates thing. Then go buy nitrate free turkey and heat the meat.
Jimmy Johns veggie is your answer...with all the lettuce they will give!
Expecting our first, baby BOY, 12/12/13
Screw that. I'm Jimmy John's all the way this pregnancy!
My Ovulation Chart
I hate Subway. I love their tuna but that's it. It's so bland and they barely put anything on your sandwich. DH just told me he might have to work tomorrow. If he does I am going to visit my mom and try Jimmy John's. She lives near one of the only ones in my state.
I'm JJ all of the times!
Expecting our first, baby BOY, 12/12/13
when you say your dad is a "food science guy", is he a food microbiologist or food safety expert, or something like a food chemist?
TFMC 08.02.13 at 19+ weeks. Everyday I grieve for my little Olive.
If her dad is Beakman from Beakman's World, I'magonnafreakout.
"Your truth is different from my truth, and we're both right."
TTC since March 2013. BFP 4/13/13, blighted ovum discovered 6/6/13, m/c 6/8/13.
BFP 11/10/13, EDD 7/25/13 - stick little owlet!
I just tell them to toast it a little longer than normal. My doctor said it's fine as long as it's heated.
Now I am sitting here trying to figure out when the last time that I talked to my dad about my lunch choices was ..
Get two!
Expecting our first, baby BOY, 12/12/13
Ok, sorry, I agree with others. Eat what you want. For me it comes down to risk vs reward. I've never know anyone in my life to get lysteria, which doesn't mean it won't happen but does mean the risk is low enough that I didn't think twice about having the sub!
With DS, it was bologna. I had bologna and mayo on white with lettuce pretty much every day the last half if my pregnancy.
Meh. I don't heat my Jimmy John's. And I'm perfectly fine. I wouldn't eat old lunch meat or lunch meat sitting out for a long time.
My Ovulation Chart
HAHAHA! snort!
I just laughed so hard I tinkled in my pants a little bit
Personally, I'm hoping for beaker...
TFMC 08.02.13 at 19+ weeks. Everyday I grieve for my little Olive.